The hardware did not show up today. Very irritating.
I decided to bite the bullet and buy a “laminate trimmer” router to be the main cutting blade of the CNC machine. It’s lighter than my “big” router, and narrower, too. In theory, I could make a new Z-axis that took advantage of this, gaining me another inch or two of cutting on the edges.
I also picked up a couple of cross dowels and some 1/4-20 hardware so I can test-fit some of this stuff together.
No sawdust yet today, but I imagine it will happen at some point later.